Tag: economy

Today I would like to followup on yesterday’s post which likened the Fed’s unwinding of its balance sheet to a high wire act. The FOMC, under the leadership of Chair Janet Yellen, did as expected by not raising the Fed Funds Rate, thus maintaining 1.00 to 1.25%. Introducing a plan to reduce its $4.5 trillion […]

Market Condition Market Commentary One thing to note is that for all the instability and uncertainty created by the Trump administration’s first month in office, the markets have been anything but this. Instead, they have exhibited remarkable resilience as US stocks continue trending upward. One can throw just about any shit imaginable at POTUS […]

By J Clinton Hill, Capital Markets Strategist @ Hillbent.com ETF Market Commentary I like to say that how a man lives means so much more than how he dies. If any meaning is to be derived from the month of November, it is one of strength. Despite ceding all of their gains from earlier in […]

Damn!!! What else can one say? Does it get any uglier than this? I mentioned Brazil in a previous report posted at Seeking Alpha and I think this Bloomberg video (see below) only underscores it. Hopefully, the economic turmoil will stay contained and not spread to other parts of Latin America. Venezuela is already a […]

As expected the Fed raised its interest rates and it looks like any further action taken will be gradual as it is willing to remain accommodative. Regarding its two mandates of full employment and target inflation @ 2.0%, it currently perceives “considerable” improvement occurring in the labor market and is “reasonably confident” over the medium term that inflation […]

The bond market is credited for its prescience when it comes to major moves in the capital markets and the overall health of the economy. Today’s CNBC video report with Mike Santoli discusses the latest patterns and trends in the Junk Bond market for further clues. (See 2-minute video below.)

Commentary and Performance Technically, it was a negative day for equities. However, given the resiliency displayed by the market, I would consider it a positive trading session. Proximity to key price resistance levels and the less than dovish comments from Fed Chairperson Yellen who issued a sobriety test to the market by confirming the potential […]

This week’s list of recommendations focuses on trends in the energy industry and global economy. It also highlights earnings transcripts from notable bellwethers which offer much needed micro-economic insights that enhance the clarity of the macro-economic-mosaic. To clean your palette of the capital markets, we’ve also served up some geopolitical considerations for China and Russia […]

Market Summary Well, as mentioned a few days earlier, the bulls and bears are clearly on a collision course as evidenced by the market’s recent tendency to make higher lows and lower highs. This sets up the high probability for a strong bullish or bearish move as one side blinks or capitulates. For clues, one […]